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 1                    AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 267

 2        AMENDMENT NO.     .  Amend Senate Bill 267 as follows:

 3    on page 1, by replacing lines 8 and 9 with the following:

 4        "Section 10.  The Illinois Vehicle  Code  is  amended  by
 5    changing Sections 3-405.1, 3-620, 3-621, 3-622, 3-623, 3-624,
 6    3-625,  3-626,  3-627,  3-628,  3-629,  3-630,  3-631, 3-632,
 7    3-633, 3-634,  3-635,  3-636,  3-637,  3-638,  3-639,  3-640,
 8    3-641,  3-642,  3-643,  3-644,  3-645,  3-646,  and 3-647 and
 9    adding Section 3-648 as follows:

10        (625 ILCS 5/3-405.1) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-405.1)
11        Sec. 3-405.1.  Application for  vanity  and  personalized
12    license plates.
13        (a)  Vanity  license  plates  mean  any  license  plates,
14    assigned  to a passenger motor vehicle of the first division,
15    to a motor vehicle of the second division registered  at  not
16    more  than  8,000  pounds or to a recreational vehicle, which
17    display a registration number containing 4 to  7  letters  as
18    requested  by  the  owner  of  the vehicle and license plates
19    issued to retired members of Congress under  Section  3-610.1
20    or  to retired members of the General Assembly as provided in
21    Section 3-606.1. A license plate consisting of 3 letters  and
 
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 1    no  numbers  or  of  1,  2  or  3  numbers, upon its becoming
 2    available, is a vanity license  plate.  Personalized  license
 3    plates mean any license plates, assigned to a passenger motor
 4    vehicle  of  the  first  division,  to a motor vehicle of the
 5    second division, or to a recreational vehicle, which  display
 6    a registration number containing a combination of letters and
 7    numbers  as  prescribed by rule, as requested by the owner of
 8    the vehicle.
 9        (b)  For any registration period commencing  after  1979,
10    any  person  who is the registered owner of a passenger motor
11    vehicle of the first division, of  a  motor  vehicle  of  the
12    second  division  registered at not more than 8,000 pounds or
13    of a recreational vehicle registered with  the  Secretary  of
14    State  or  who makes application for an original registration
15    of such a motor vehicle or renewal  registration  of  such  a
16    motor  vehicle  may,  upon  payment  of  a  fee prescribed in
17    Section  3-806.1,  apply  to  the  Secretary  of  State   for
18    personalized license plates.
19        (c)  Except  as otherwise provided in this subsection (c)
20    for plates issued under Sections  3-627,  3-631,  and  3-632,
21    vanity  and  personalized license plates as issued under this
22    Section shall be the same color and design as other passenger
23    vehicle license plates and shall not in any  manner  conflict
24    with  any  other  existing  passenger,  commercial,  trailer,
25    motorcycle, or special license plate series.
26        However,   Special   registration   plates  issued  under
27    Sections 3-611 and 3-616 for  vehicles  operated  by  or  for
28    persons  with disabilities may also be vanity or personalized
29    license plates.
30        The Secretary shall issue special registration plates  as
31    vanity  or personalized license plates when required to do so
32    under Article  VI  of  this  Chapter  3.   If  the  Secretary
33    requires  all registration numbers for a particular series of
34    special registration plates to  include  certain  letters  or
 
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 1    numbers,  the  registration  numbers  of special registration
 2    plates issued as vanity or personalized license plates  shall
 3    also  include  those  letters  or numbers.  The Secretary may
 4    determine the maximum  and  minimum  length  of  registration
 5    numbers  of  special  registration plates issued as vanity or
 6    personalized license plates.  If special registration  plates
 7    are issued as vanity or personalized license plates, both the
 8    fees  for  vanity or personalized license plates and the fees
 9    for special registration plates shall be paid.
10        (d)  Vanity and  personalized  license  plates  shall  be
11    issued  only  to the registered owner of the vehicle on which
12    they are to be displayed,  except  as  provided  in  Sections
13    3-611  and 3-616 for special registration plates for vehicles
14    operated by or for persons with disabilities.
15        (e)  An  applicant  for  the  issuance   of   vanity   or
16    personalized  license  plates  or  subsequent renewal thereof
17    shall file an application in such form and manner and by such
18    date as the  Secretary  of  State  may,  in  his  discretion,
19    require.
20        No  vanity  nor  personalized  license  plates  shall  be
21    approved,  manufactured,  or  distributed  that  contain  any
22    characters,    symbols    other    than   the   international
23    accessibility symbol for vehicles operated by or for  persons
24    with disabilities, foreign words, or letters of punctuation.
25        (f)  Vanity  and  personalized  license  plates as issued
26    pursuant  to  this  Act  may  be  subject  to  the  Staggered
27    Registration System as prescribed by the Secretary of State.
28    (Source: P.A. 88-685, eff.  1-24-95;  89-282,  eff.  8-10-95;
29    89-611, eff. 1-1-97.)

30        (625 ILCS 5/3-620) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-620)
31        Sec.   3-620.    The   Secretary,   upon  receipt  of  an
32    application made on the form prescribed by the  Secretary  of
33    State,  may  issue  special  registration  plates   to United
 
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 1    States citizens, who are present or  former  members  of  the
 2    United States armed forces or any of its allies, and who were
 3    prisoners  of  war  of  World War I, World War II, the Korean
 4    Conflict, and the Vietnamese  conflict,  or  to  the  widowed
 5    spouse  of a former member of the United States armed forces,
 6    providing that widowed spouse was married to the POW  at  the
 7    time  of  death,  and  is  a  single  person  at  the time of
 8    application.  The special  plates  issued  pursuant  to  this
 9    Section  shall  be  affixed only to passenger vehicles of the
10    first division subject to the staggered  registration  system
11    and  vehicles of the second division having a gross weight of
12    8000 pounds or less and shall be issued without charge.  Only
13    one set of plates may be issued at no fee.
14        The design and color of the prisoner of war plates  shall
15    be wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State.
16        If the Secretary issues special registration plates under
17    this  Section,  the  Secretary shall, upon request, issue the
18    plates as  vanity  license  plates  or  personalized  license
19    plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
20    (Source: P.A. 84-1308.)

21        (625 ILCS 5/3-621) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-621)
22        Sec.   3-621.    The   Secretary,   upon  receipt  of  an
23    application, made in the form prescribed by the Secretary  of
24    State,  may  issue to members of the Illinois National Guard,
25    special  registration  plates.   The  special  plates  issued
26    pursuant to this Section shall be affixed only  to  passenger
27    vehicles  of  the  first  division  or  motor vehicles of the
28    second division weighing not more than 8,000  pounds  subject
29    to the staggered registration system.
30        The  design  and  color  of  such  plates shall be wholly
31    within the discretion of the Secretary of State.
32        If the Secretary issues special registration plates under
33    this Section, the Secretary shall, upon  request,  issue  the
 
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 1    plates  as  vanity  license  plates  or  personalized license
 2    plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
 3    (Source: P.A. 84-986.)

 4        (625 ILCS 5/3-622) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-622)
 5        Sec.  3-622.   The  Secretary,   upon   receipt   of   an
 6    application  made  in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
 7    State, may issue to members of the United States Armed Forces
 8    Reserves who reside in Illinois, special registration plates.
 9    The special plates issued pursuant to this Section  shall  be
10    affixed  only  to passenger vehicles of the first division or
11    motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more  than
12    8,000  pounds  subject  to the staggered registration system.
13    The design and color of such plates shall  be  wholly  within
14    the discretion of the Secretary of State.
15        If the Secretary issues special registration plates under
16    this  Section,  the  Secretary shall, upon request, issue the
17    plates as  vanity  license  plates  or  personalized  license
18    plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
19    (Source: P.A. 84-986.)

20        (625 ILCS 5/3-623) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-623)
21        Sec.  3-623.   Purple  Heart Plates.  The Secretary, upon
22    receipt of an application made in the form prescribed by  the
23    Secretary  of  State,  may  issue  to  recipients awarded the
24    Purple Heart by a branch of the armed forces  of  the  United
25    States  who  reside in Illinois, special registration plates.
26    The special plates issued pursuant to this Section should  be
27    affixed  only  to  passenger  vehicles of the 1st division or
28    motor vehicles of the 2nd division  weighing  not  more  than
29    8,000 pounds.
30        The  design  and  color  of  such  plates shall be wholly
31    within the discretion of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate
32    documentation,  as  determined  by  the  Secretary,  and  the
 
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 1    standard registration fee shall  accompany  the  application.
 2    However,  for  an individual who has been issued Purple Heart
 3    plates for a vehicle and who has claimed and received a grant
 4    under the Senior Citizens and Disabled Persons  Property  Tax
 5    Relief   and  Pharmaceutical  Assistance  Act,  the  original
 6    issuance fee and regular annual fee for the  registration  of
 7    the  vehicle  shall be as provided in Section 3-806.3 of this
 8    Code.
 9        If the Secretary issues special registration plates under
10    this Section, the Secretary shall, upon  request,  issue  the
11    plates  as  vanity  license  plates  or  personalized license
12    plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
13    (Source: P.A. 91-25, eff. 6-9-99.)

14        (625 ILCS 5/3-624) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-624)
15        Sec.  3-624.   The  Secretary,   upon   receipt   of   an
16    application  made  in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
17    State, may issue to retired  members  of  the  United  States
18    Armed  Forces  who  reside  in Illinois, special registration
19    plates.  The special plates issued pursuant to  this  Section
20    shall  be  affixed  only  to  passenger vehicles of the first
21    division or motor vehicles of the  second  division  weighing
22    not  more  than  8,000  pounds  and  subject to the staggered
23    registration system.  The design and  color  of  such  plates
24    shall  be  wholly  within  the discretion of the Secretary of
25    State.
26        If the Secretary issues special registration plates under
27    this Section, the Secretary shall, upon  request,  issue  the
28    plates  as  vanity  license  plates  or  personalized license
29    plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
30    (Source: P.A. 86-165.)

31        (625 ILCS 5/3-625) (from Ch. 95 1/2, par. 3-625)
32        Sec. 3-625.  Pearl Harbor Plates.   The  Secretary,  upon
 
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 1    receipt  of an application made in the form prescribed by the
 2    Secretary of State, may issue special registration plates  to
 3    any Illinois resident who, while a member of the armed forces
 4    of  the  United  States,  participated in the battle of Pearl
 5    Harbor on December 7, 1941, or to the widowed spouse  of  any
 6    Illinois  resident who, while a member of the armed forces of
 7    the United States, participated in the battle of Pearl Harbor
 8    on December 7, 1941, provided that  the  widowed  spouse  was
 9    married to the battle of Pearl Harbor participant at the time
10    of the participant's death and is a single person at the time
11    of  application.   The special plates issued pursuant to this
12    Section should be affixed only to passenger vehicles  of  the
13    1st  division  or motor vehicles of the 2nd division weighing
14    not more than 8,000 pounds.
15        The design and color  of  such  plates  shall  be  wholly
16    within the discretion of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate
17    documentation,  as  determined  by  the  Secretary,  and  the
18    standard registration fee shall accompany the application.
19        If the Secretary issues special registration plates under
20    this  Section,  the  Secretary shall, upon request, issue the
21    plates as  vanity  license  plates  or  personalized  license
22    plates in accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
23    (Source: P.A. 89-571, eff. 7-26-96; 89-620, eff. 1-1-97.)

24        (625 ILCS 5/3-626)
25        Sec. 3-626. Korean War Veteran license plates.
26        (a)  In  addition to any other special license plate, the
27    Secretary,  upon  receipt  of   all   applicable   fees   and
28    applications  made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
29    State, may issue special registration  plates  designated  as
30    Korean  War  Veteran  license plates to residents of Illinois
31    who participated in the United States Armed Forces during the
32    Korean War.  The special  plate  issued  under  this  Section
33    shall  be  affixed  only  to  passenger vehicles of the first
 
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 1    division, motor vehicles of the second division weighing  not
 2    more  than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as defined
 3    by Section 1-169 of  this  Code.  Plates  issued  under  this
 4    Section  shall  expire  according to the staggered multi-year
 5    procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
 6        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
 7    wholly within the discretion of the Secretary  of  State.  If
 8    the  Secretary  issues special registration plates under this
 9    Section, the Secretary shall, upon request, issue the  plates
10    as  vanity  license  plates or personalized license plates in
11    accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The  Secretary
12    may,  in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued
13    as vanity plates or personalized in accordance  with  Section
14    3-405.1  of  this  Code.   The  plates  are  not  required to
15    designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection  (b)
16    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
17    the  eligibility  requirements and, in his or her discretion,
18    shall approve and prescribe stickers or  decals  as  provided
19    under Section 3-412.
20        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
21    issuance  in addition to the applicable registration fee.  Of
22    this  additional  fee,  $13   shall  be  deposited  into  the
23    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund and $2 shall be
24    deposited into the Korean  War  Memorial  Construction  Fund.
25    For  each  registration renewal period, a $2 fee, in addition
26    to the appropriate registration fee,  shall  be  charged  and
27    shall  be  deposited  into  the  Secretary  of  State Special
28    License Plate Fund.
29        (d)  The Korean War Memorial Construction Fund is created
30    as a special fund in the State treasury.  All moneys  in  the
31    Korean  War  Memorial  Construction  Fund  shall,  subject to
32    appropriation, be used by the Department of  Veteran  Affairs
33    to provide grants for construction of the Korean War Memorial
34    to be located at Oak Ridge Cemetery in Springfield, Illinois.
 
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 1    Upon  the  completion  of  the  Memorial,  the  Department of
 2    Veteran Affairs shall certify to the State Treasurer that the
 3    construction of the Memorial has been  completed.   Upon  the
 4    certification by the Department of Veteran Affairs, the State
 5    Treasurer  shall  transfer  all  moneys  in  the Fund and any
 6    future deposits into the Fund into  the  Secretary  of  State
 7    Special License Plate Fund.
 8        (e)  An individual who has been issued Korean War Veteran
 9    license plates for a vehicle and who has claimed and received
10    a  grant  under  the  Senior  Citizens  and  Disabled Persons
11    Property Tax Relief and Pharmaceutical Assistance  Act  shall
12    pay  the original issuance and the regular annual fee for the
13    registration of the vehicle as provided in Section 3-806.3 of
14    this Code in addition to the fees specified in subsection (c)
15    of this Section.
16    (Source: P.A. 91-679, eff. 1-26-00.)

17        (625 ILCS 5/3-627)
18        Sec. 3-627.  Environmental License Plate.
19        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of an  application  made
20    in  the  form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue
21    special registration plates designated  to  be  environmental
22    license plates.  The special plates issued under this Section
23    shall  be  affixed  only  to  passenger vehicles of the first
24    division, motor vehicles of the second division weighing  not
25    more   than  8,000  pounds,  and,  as  of  January  1,  1996,
26    recreational vehicles as defined by  Section  1-169  of  this
27    Code.     Plates  issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire
28    according to the multi-year procedure established by  Section
29    3-414.1 of this Code.
30        (b)  The  design  and color of the plates shall be wholly
31    within the discretion of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate
32    documentation,  as  determined  by   the   Secretary,   shall
33    accompany  the  application.  If the Secretary issues special
 
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 1    registration plates under this Section, the Secretary  shall,
 2    upon  request,  issue  the plates as vanity license plates or
 3    personalized  license  plates  in  accordance  with   Section
 4    3-405.1  of  this  Code. As of January 1, 1996, the Secretary
 5    may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be  issued
 6    as  vanity  or personalized plates in accordance with Section
 7    3-405.1 of this Code.
 8        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
 9    issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee,  if
10    applicable.   Of  this  fee,  $25 shall be deposited into the
11    State  Parks  Fund  and  $15  shall  be  deposited  into  the
12    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be used  by
13    the  Secretary  of  State  to  help defray the administrative
14    processing costs.  For each registration  renewal  period,  a
15    $27  fee,  in  addition  to the appropriate registration fee,
16    shall be charged.  Of this fee, $25 shall be  deposited  into
17    the  State  Parks  Fund  and  $2  shall be deposited into the
18    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
19    (Source: P.A. 88-333;  88-670,  eff.  12-2-94;  89-282,  eff.
20    8-10-95.)

21        (625 ILCS 5/3-628)
22        Sec. 3-628.  Bronze Star plates.
23        (a)  Beginning  January 1, 1996, in addition to any other
24    special license plate, the Secretary,  upon  receipt  of  all
25    applicable  fees and applications made in the form prescribed
26    by the Secretary of State,  may  issue  special  registration
27    plates  to  residents  of  Illinois who have been awarded the
28    Bronze Star by the United States Armed  Forces.  The  special
29    plate  issued  under  this  Section  shall be affixed only to
30    passenger vehicles of the first division or motor vehicles of
31    the second division weighing  not  more  than  8,000  pounds.
32    Plates  issued  under  this Section shall expire according to
33    the staggered multi-year  procedure  established  by  Section
 
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 1    3-414.1 of this Code.
 2        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
 3    wholly  within  the  discretion of the Secretary of State. If
 4    the Secretary issues special registration plates  under  this
 5    Section,  the Secretary shall, upon request, issue the plates
 6    as vanity license plates or personalized  license  plates  in
 7    accordance  with  Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary
 8    may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be  issued
 9    as  vanity  plates or personalized in accordance with Section
10    3-405.1 of  this  Code.   The  plates  are  not  required  to
11    designate  "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
12    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
13    the eligibility requirements and, in his or  her  discretion,
14    shall  approve  and  prescribe stickers or decals as provided
15    under Section 3-412.
16        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
17    issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee.
18        This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary
19    of State Special License Plate Fund.  For  each  registration
20    renewal  period,  a  $2  fee,  in addition to the appropriate
21    registration fee, shall be charged  and  deposited  into  the
22    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
23    (Source: P.A. 88-589, eff. 8-14-94; 89-282, eff. 8-10-95.)

24        (625 ILCS 5/3-629)
25        Sec. 3-629.  Collegiate license plates; scholarship fund.
26        (a)  In  addition to any other special license plate, the
27    Secretary,  upon  receipt  of   all   applicable   fees   and
28    applications  made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
29    State, may issue collegiate license  plates.  The  collegiate
30    plates  issued  under  this  Section shall be affixed only to
31    passenger vehicles of the first division and  motor  vehicles
32    of  the  second  division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds
33    and subject to the  staggered  registration  system.   Plates
 
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 1    issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire  according to the
 2    staggered  multi-year  procedure  established  under  Section
 3    3-414.1 of this Code.
 4        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
 5    wholly within the discretion of the Secretary of State.   The
 6    Secretary  of  State may, at his or her discretion, issue the
 7    plates for  any  public  or  degree-granting,  not-for-profit
 8    private  college  or university located in this State. If the
 9    Secretary  issues  special  registration  plates  under  this
10    Section, the Secretary shall, upon request, issue the  plates
11    as  vanity  license  plates or personalized license plates in
12    accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The  Secretary
13    may,  in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued
14    as vanity plates or personalized in accordance  with  Section
15    3-405.1  of  this  Code.    The  plates  are  not required to
16    designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection  (b)
17    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
18    the  eligibility  requirements  including  a minimum level of
19    specialized license  plates  requests  and,  in  his  or  her
20    discretion, shall approve and prescribe stickers or decals as
21    provided under Section 3-412.
22        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
23    issuance  in addition to the applicable registration fee.  Of
24    the original issuance fee in the case of a public  university
25    or college, $25 shall be deposited into the State College and
26    University  Trust  Fund  and  $15 shall be deposited into the
27    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund to be  used  by
28    the  Secretary  of  State,  subject to appropriation, to help
29    defray the administrative costs of issuing the plate.  Of the
30    original issuance fee  in  the  case  of  a  degree-granting,
31    not-for-profit  private  college  or university, $25 shall be
32    deposited into the University Grant Fund  and  $15  shall  be
33    deposited  into  the Secretary of State Special License Plate
34    Fund to be  used  by  the  Secretary  of  State,  subject  to
 
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 1    appropriation,  to  help  defray  the  administrative cost of
 2    issuing the plate.  In addition to the regular  renewal  fee,
 3    an applicant shall be charged $27 for the renewal of each set
 4    of  license  plates  issued  under this Section; $25 shall be
 5    deposited into the State College and University Trust Fund in
 6    the case of a  public  university  or  college  or  into  the
 7    University  Grant  Fund  in  the  case  of a degree-granting,
 8    not-for-profit private college or university, and $2 shall be
 9    deposited into the Secretary of State Special  License  Plate
10    Fund plates for all collegiate plates.
11        (d)  The  State  College  and  University  Trust  Fund is
12    created as a special fund in the State treasury.   The  State
13    Treasurer  shall  create  separate  accounts within the State
14    College and University Trust Fund for each public  university
15    or  college  for  which  collegiate  license plates have been
16    issued.  Moneys in the State  College  and  University  Trust
17    Fund  shall be allocated to each account in proportion to the
18    number of plates sold in regard to each public university  or
19    college.   Moneys   deposited  into  the  State  College  and
20    University Trust Fund  during  the  preceding  calendar  year
21    shall  be  distributed,  subject  to  appropriation,  to each
22    participating public university  or  college.   This  revenue
23    shall  be  used  for  the  sole  purpose of scholarship grant
24    awards.
25        (e)  The University Grant Fund is created  as  a  special
26    fund  in  the  State  treasury.  All moneys in the University
27    Grant Fund shall be  appropriated  to  the  Illinois  Student
28    Assistance Commission to make reimbursements to participating
29    private  colleges and universities under the Higher Education
30    License Plate Grant Program.
31    (Source: P.A.  90-14,  eff.  7-1-97;  90-278,  eff.  7-31-97;
32    90-774, eff. 8-14-98; 91-83, eff. 1-1-00.)

33        (625 ILCS 5/3-630)
 
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 1        Sec. 3-630.  Violence prevention license plate.
 2        (a)  The  Secretary,  upon receipt of an application made
 3    in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State,  may  issue
 4    special   registration   plates  designated  to  be  Violence
 5    Prevention plates.  The  special  plates  issued  under  this
 6    Section  shall  be  affixed only to passenger vehicles of the
 7    first division or  motor  vehicles  of  the  second  division
 8    weighing  not  more  than  8,000 pounds.  Plates issued under
 9    this  Section  shall  expire  according  to  the   multi-year
10    procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
11        (b)  The  design  and color of the plates shall be wholly
12    within the discretion of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate
13    documentation,  as  determined  by   the   Secretary,   shall
14    accompany  the  application.  If the Secretary issues special
15    registration plates under this Section, the Secretary  shall,
16    upon  request,  issue  the plates as vanity license plates or
17    personalized  license  plates  in  accordance  with   Section
18    3-405.1   of  this  Code.  Beginning  January  1,  1999,  the
19    Secretary may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates  to
20    be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
21    Section 3-405.1 of this Code.
22        (c)  An  applicant  shall be charged a $40 dollar fee for
23    original issuance in addition to the appropriate registration
24    fee, if applicable.  Of this fee, $25 shall be deposited into
25    the Violence Prevention Fund as created by this Act  and  $15
26    shall  be  deposited  into  the  Secretary  of  State Special
27    License Plate Fund to be used by the Secretary  of  State  to
28    help  defray  the  administrative processing costs.  For each
29    registration renewal period a $27 fee,  in  addition  to  the
30    appropriate registration fee, shall be charged.  Of this fee,
31    $25  shall be deposited into the Violence Prevention Fund and
32    $2 shall be deposited into the  Secretary  of  State  Special
33    License Plate Fund.
34    (Source:  P.A.  89-353,  eff.  8-17-95;  89-626, eff. 8-9-96;
 
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 1    90-619, eff. 1-1-99.)

 2        (625 ILCS 5/3-631)
 3        Sec. 3-631.  Sportsmen Series license plate.
 4        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of an  application  made
 5    in  the  form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue
 6    special registration plates designated to be Sportsmen Series
 7    license plates.  The special plates issued under this Section
 8    shall be affixed only to  passenger  vehicles  of  the  first
 9    division,  motor vehicles of the second division weighing not
10    more than 8,000 pounds, and recreational vehicles as  defined
11    by  Section  1-169  of  this  Code.  Plates issued under this
12    Section shall expire according to  the  multi-year  procedure
13    established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
14        (b)  The  design  and color of the plates shall be wholly
15    within the discretion of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate
16    documentation,   as   determined   by  the  Secretary,  shall
17    accompany the application. If the  Secretary  issues  special
18    registration  plates under this Section, the Secretary shall,
19    upon request, issue the plates as vanity  license  plates  or
20    personalized   license  plates  in  accordance  with  Section
21    3-405.1 of this Code.  The  Secretary  may,  in  his  or  her
22    discretion,  allow  the  plates  to  be  issued  as vanity or
23    personalized plates in accordance  with  Section  3-405.1  of
24    this Code.
25        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
26    issuance  in addition to the appropriate registration fee, if
27    applicable.  Of this fee, $25 shall  be  deposited  into  the
28    Illinois  Habitat  Fund  and  $15 shall be deposited into the
29    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be used  by
30    the  Secretary  of  State  to  help defray the administrative
31    processing costs.  For each registration  renewal  period,  a
32    $27  fee,  in  addition  to the appropriate registration fee,
33    shall be charged.  Of this fee, $25 shall be  deposited  into
 
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 1    the  Illinois Habitat Fund and $2 shall be deposited into the
 2    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
 3    (Source: P.A. 89-611, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

 4        (625 ILCS 5/3-632)
 5        Sec. 3-632.  Wildlife Prairie Park license plate.
 6        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of an  application  made
 7    in  the  form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue
 8    special registration plates to be designated Wildlife Prairie
 9    Park license plates.  The special plates  issued  under  this
10    Section  shall  be  affixed only to passenger vehicles of the
11    first  division,  motor  vehicles  of  the  second   division
12    weighing   not  more  than  8,000  pounds,  and  recreational
13    vehicles as defined by Section 1-169 of  this  Code.   Plates
14    issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire  according to the
15    multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1  of  this
16    Code.
17        (b)  The  design  and color of the plates shall be wholly
18    within the discretion of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate
19    documentation,  as  determined  by   the   Secretary,   shall
20    accompany  the  application.  If the Secretary issues special
21    registration plates under this Section, the Secretary  shall,
22    upon  request,  issue  the plates as vanity license plates or
23    personalized  license  plates  in  accordance  with   Section
24    3-405.1  of  this  Code.  The  Secretary  may,  in his or her
25    discretion, allow the  plates  to  be  issued  as  vanity  or
26    personalized  plates  in  accordance  with Section 3-405.1 of
27    this Code.
28        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $40 fee for original
29    issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee,  if
30    applicable.   Of  this  fee,  $25 shall be deposited into the
31    Wildlife Prairie Park Fund and $15 shall  be  deposited  into
32    the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be used
33    by  the  Secretary of State to help defray the administrative
 
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 1    processing costs.  For each registration  renewal  period,  a
 2    $27  fee,  in  addition  to the appropriate registration fee,
 3    shall be charged.  Of this fee, $25 shall be  deposited  into
 4    the Wildlife Prairie Park Fund and $2 shall be deposited into
 5    the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-611, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

 7        (625 ILCS 5/3-633)
 8        Sec.  3-633.  Universal  Charitable  Organization license
 9    plate.
10        (a)  In addition to any other special license plate,  the
11    Secretary,   upon   receipt   of   all  applicable  fees  and
12    applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary  of
13    State,  may  issue  Universal Charitable Organization license
14    plates to residents of Illinois on  behalf  of  organizations
15    that  meet the requirements of Title 26, Section 501(c)(3) of
16    the United States Code formed for any bona  fide  charitable,
17    benevolent,   philanthropic,   or   patriotic  purpose.   The
18    Secretary  of  State   may   prescribe   rules   establishing
19    additional  eligibility criteria for charitable organizations
20    under  this  Section.   The  special   Universal   Charitable
21    Organization plate issued under this Section shall be affixed
22    only  to  passenger  vehicles of the first division and motor
23    vehicles of the second division weighing not more than  8,000
24    pounds.   Plates   issued  under  this  Section  shall expire
25    according to the staggered multi-year  procedure  established
26    by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
27        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
28    wholly  within  the  discretion of the Secretary of State. If
29    the Secretary issues special registration plates  under  this
30    Section,  the Secretary shall, upon request, issue the plates
31    as vanity license plates or personalized  license  plates  in
32    accordance  with Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The plates are
33    not required to designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in
 
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 1    subsection (b) of Section 3-412  of  this  Code.   Charitable
 2    organizations deemed eligible by the Secretary of State shall
 3    design charitable decals to be affixed on plates issued under
 4    this  Section.    The Secretary may prescribe rules governing
 5    the requirements and approval of charitable decals.
 6        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
 7    issuance in addition  to  the  applicable  registration  fee.
 8    This  additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of
 9    State Special License  Plate  Fund.   For  each  registration
10    renewal  period,  a  $2  fee,  in addition to the appropriate
11    registration fee, shall be charged  and  shall  be  deposited
12    into  the  Secretary  of  State  Special  License Plate Fund.
13    Charitable organizations may establish a fee for the purchase
14    of their charitable decal and shall report by July 31 of each
15    year to the Secretary of State  Vehicle  Services  Department
16    the  sticker  fee,  the number of charitable decals sold, the
17    total revenue received from the  sale  of  charitable  decals
18    during  the  previous  fiscal year, and any other information
19    deemed necessary by the Secretary of State.
20    (Source: P.A. 89-564, eff. 7-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

21        (625 ILCS 5/3-634)
22        Sec. 3-634.  Illinois Fire Fighters' License Plate.
23        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of an  application  made
24    in  the  form prescribed by the Secretary of State, may issue
25    special registration plates designated to  be  Illinois  Fire
26    Fighters' Memorial license plates.  The special plates issued
27    under  this  Section  shall  be  affixed  only  to  passenger
28    vehicles  of the first division, motor vehicles of the second
29    division weighing not more than  8,000  pounds,  recreational
30    vehicles  as  defined  in  Section  1-169  of this Code,  and
31    subject to the staggered registration system.  Plates  issued
32    under  this  Section shall expire according to the multi-year
33    procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
 
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 1        (b)  The design and color of the plates shall  be  wholly
 2    within  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary  of State. If the
 3    Secretary  issues  special  registration  plates  under  this
 4    Section, the Secretary shall, upon request, issue the  plates
 5    as  vanity  license  plates or personalized license plates in
 6    accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The  Secretary
 7    of  State  may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to
 8    be issued as vanity plates or personalized in accordance with
 9    Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The plates are not required to
10    designate "Land of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection  (b)
11    of  Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary of State shall
12    prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section 3-412.
13        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $27 fee for original
14    issuance in addition to the applicable registration fee.  Of
15    this  additional  fee,  $15  shall  be  deposited  into   the
16    Secretary  of  State Special License Plate Fund and $12 shall
17    be deposited into the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial  Fund.
18    For  each registration renewal period, a $17 fee, in addition
19    to the appropriate registration fee, shall be  charged.    Of
20    this  fee,  $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of State
21    Special License Plate Fund and $15 shall  be  deposited  into
22    the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund.
23        (d)  In  addition  to  the  purpose  specified in Section
24    2-119(n), moneys in the Illinois Fire Fighters' Memorial Fund
25    shall, subject to appropriation by the General  Assembly  and
26    approval  by  the  Secretary,  be  used  for  maintaining the
27    Illinois Fire  Fighters'  Memorial,  for  holding  an  annual
28    memorial  commemoration,  and  for  providing scholarships to
29    children of fire fighters killed in the line of duty.
30    (Source: P.A. 90-14, eff. 7-1-97; 91-832, eff. 6-16-00.)

31        (625 ILCS 5/3-635)
32        Sec. 3-635.  Master Mason plates.
33        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of all  applicable  fees
 
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 1    and   applications   made  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the
 2    Secretary, may issue special registration  plates  designated
 3    as Master Mason license plates.
 4        The  special  plates  issued  under this Section shall be
 5    affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first  division  or
 6    motor  vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
 7    8,000 pounds.
 8        Plates issued under this Section shall  expire  according
 9    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
10    this Code.
11        (b)  The  design and color of the special plates shall be
12    wholly within the discretion of the  Secretary.   Appropriate
13    documentation,   as   determined   by  the  Secretary,  shall
14    accompany each application. If the Secretary  issues  special
15    registration  plates under this Section, the Secretary shall,
16    upon request, issue the plates as vanity  license  plates  or
17    personalized   license  plates  in  accordance  with  Section
18    3-405.1 of this Code.
19        (c)  An applicant for the special plate shall be  charged
20    a   $25   fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition  to  the
21    appropriate registration fee.  Of  this  fee,  $10  shall  be
22    deposited  into  the  Master  Mason  Fund  and  $15  shall be
23    deposited into the Secretary of State Special  License  Plate
24    Fund,  to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray the
25    administrative processing costs.
26        For each registration  renewal  period,  a  $25  fee,  in
27    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
28    charged.  Of this fee, $23 shall be deposited into the Master
29    Mason  Fund  and  $2 shall be deposited into the Secretary of
30    State Special License Plate Fund.
31        (d)  The Master Mason Fund is created as a  special  fund
32    in  the  State  treasury.  All money in the Master Mason Fund
33    shall be  paid,  subject  to  appropriation  by  the  General
34    Assembly  and  approval  by  the  Secretary, as grants to The
 
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 1    Illinois Masonic Foundation for the Prevention  of  Drug  and
 2    Alcohol   Abuse   Among   Children,  Inc.,  a  not-for-profit
 3    corporation, for  the  purpose  of  providing  Model  Student
 4    Assistance   Programs   in  public  and  private  schools  in
 5    Illinois.
 6    (Source: P.A. 89-620, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

 7        (625 ILCS 5/3-636)
 8        Sec. 3-636.  Knights of Columbus plates.
 9        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of all  applicable  fees
10    and   applications   made  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the
11    Secretary, may issue special registration  plates  designated
12    as Knights of Columbus license plates.
13        The  special  plates  issued  under this Section shall be
14    affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first  division  or
15    motor  vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
16    8,000 pounds.
17        Plates issued under this Section shall  expire  according
18    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
19    this Code.
20        (b)  The  design and color of the special plates shall be
21    wholly within the discretion of the  Secretary.   Appropriate
22    documentation,   as   determined   by  the  Secretary,  shall
23    accompany each application. If the Secretary  issues  special
24    registration  plates under this Section, the Secretary shall,
25    upon request, issue the plates as vanity  license  plates  or
26    personalized   license  plates  in  accordance  with  Section
27    3-405.1 of this Code.
28        (c)  An applicant for the special plate shall be  charged
29    a   $25   fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition  to  the
30    appropriate registration fee.  Of  this  fee,  $10  shall  be
31    deposited  into the Knights of Columbus Fund and $15 shall be
32    deposited into the Secretary of State Special  License  Plate
33    Fund,  to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray the
 
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 1    administrative processing costs.
 2        For each registration  renewal  period,  a  $25  fee,  in
 3    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
 4    charged.   Of  this  fee,  $23  shall  be  deposited into the
 5    Knights of Columbus Fund and $2 shall be deposited  into  the
 6    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
 7        (d)  The Knights of Columbus Fund is created as a special
 8    fund  in  the  State  treasury.   All money in the Knights of
 9    Columbus Fund shall be paid, subject to appropriation by  the
10    General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, as grants for
11    charitable purposes sponsored by the Knights of Columbus.
12    (Source: P.A. 89-620, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

13        (625 ILCS 5/3-637)
14        Sec. 3-637.  D.A.R.E. license plate.
15        (a)  The  Secretary,  upon receipt of an application made
16    in the form prescribed by the Secretary of State,  may  issue
17    special  registration  plates designated to be D.A.R.E. (Drug
18    Abuse Resistance Education)  license  plates.    The  special
19    plates  issued  under  this  Section shall be affixed only to
20    passenger vehicles of the first division, motor  vehicles  of
21    the  second division weighing not more than 8,000 pounds, and
22    recreational vehicles as defined by  Section  1-169  of  this
23    Code. Plates issued under this Section shall expire according
24    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
25    this Code.
26        (b)  The  design  and color of the plates shall be wholly
27    within the discretion of the Secretary of State.  Appropriate
28    documentation,  as  determined  by   the   Secretary,   shall
29    accompany  the  application.  If the Secretary issues special
30    registration plates under this Section, the Secretary  shall,
31    upon  request,  issue  the plates as vanity license plates or
32    personalized  license  plates  in  accordance  with   Section
33    3-405.1  of  this  Code.  The  Secretary  may,  in his or her
 
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 1    discretion, allow the  plates  to  be  issued  as  vanity  or
 2    personalized  plates  in  accordance  with Section 3-405.1 of
 3    this Code.
 4        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $45 fee for original
 5    issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee,  if
 6    applicable.   Of  this  fee,  $10 shall be deposited into the
 7    State D.A.R.E. Fund; $10 shall be deposited into  the  County
 8    D.A.R.E.  Fund if the county, as indicated by the applicant's
 9    address, has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $10 fee  shall
10    be  deposited  into  the  State  D.A.R.E.  Fund; $10 shall be
11    deposited  into  the   Municipal   D.A.R.E.   Fund   if   the
12    municipality,  as indicated by the applicant's address, has a
13    D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $10 fee  shall  be  deposited
14    into  the County D.A.R.E. Fund if the county, as indicated by
15    the applicant's address, has a  D.A.R.E.  program,  otherwise
16    the  $10 fee shall be deposited into the State D.A.R.E. Fund;
17    and $15 shall  be  deposited  into  the  Secretary  of  State
18    Special License Plate Fund.
19        For  each  registration  renewal  period,  a  $29 fee, in
20    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
21    charged.  Of this fee, $9 shall be deposited into  the  State
22    D.A.R.E. Fund; $9 shall be deposited into the County D.A.R.E.
23    Fund  if the county, as indicated by the applicant's address,
24    has a  D.A.R.E.  program,  otherwise  the  $9  fee  shall  be
25    deposited into the State D.A.R.E. Fund; $9 shall be deposited
26    into  the  Municipal  D.A.R.E.  Fund  if the municipality, as
27    indicated by the applicant's address, has a D.A.R.E. program,
28    otherwise the $9 fee  shall  be  deposited  into  the  County
29    D.A.R.E.  Fund if the county, as indicated by the applicant's
30    address, has a D.A.R.E. program, otherwise the $9  fee  shall
31    be  deposited  into  the State D.A.R.E. Fund; and $2 shall be
32    deposited into the Secretary of State Special  License  Plate
33    Fund.
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 1    in  the State Treasury.  All money in the State D.A.R.E. Fund
 2    shall be distributed, subject to appropriation by the General
 3    Assembly, to the  Illinois  State  Police  for  its  D.A.R.E.
 4    program.
 5        The  County D.A.R.E. Fund is created as a special fund in
 6    the State Treasury.  All money in the  County  D.A.R.E.  Fund
 7    shall be distributed, subject to appropriation by the General
 8    Assembly,  to  the Illinois State Police.  The Illinois State
 9    Police shall make grants of this money to counties for  their
10    D.A.R.E. programs based on the proportion of money the County
11    D.A.R.E.  Fund has received from each county, as indicated by
12    the applicant's address.
13        The Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund is created as a special  fund
14    in  the  State Treasury.  All money in the Municipal D.A.R.E.
15    Fund shall be distributed, subject to  appropriation  by  the
16    General Assembly, to the Illinois State Police.  The Illinois
17    State   Police   shall   make   grants   of   this  money  to
18    municipalities for  their  D.A.R.E.  programs  based  on  the
19    proportion  of money the Municipal D.A.R.E. Fund has received
20    from each  municipality,  as  indicated  by  the  applicant's
21    address.
22    (Source: P.A. 89-621, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

23        (625 ILCS 5/3-638)
24        Sec. 3-638.  U.S. Veteran License Plates.
25        (a)  In  addition to any other special license plate, the
26    Secretary,  upon  receipt  of   all   applicable   fees   and
27    applications  made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
28    State, may issue U.S. Veteran license plates to residents  of
29    Illinois  who meet eligibility requirements prescribed by the
30    Secretary of State.  The special U.S.  Veteran  plate  issued
31    under  this  Section  shall  be  affixed  only  to  passenger
32    vehicles  of  the  first  division  and motor vehicles of the
33    second division weighing not more than 8,000  pounds.  Plates
 
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 1    issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire  according to the
 2    staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1
 3    of this Code.
 4        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
 5    wholly within the discretion of the Secretary  of  State.  If
 6    the  Secretary  issues special registration plates under this
 7    Section, the Secretary shall, upon request, issue the  plates
 8    as  vanity  license  plates or personalized license plates in
 9    accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The  Secretary
10    may,  in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued
11    as vanity plates or personalized in accordance  with  Section
12    3-405.1  of  this  Code.   The  plates  are  not  required to
13    designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection  (b)
14    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
15    the  eligibility  requirements and, in his or her discretion,
16    shall approve and prescribe stickers or  decals  as  provided
17    under Section 3-412.
18        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
19    issuance  in  addition  to  the  applicable registration fee.
20    This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary  of
21    State  Special  License  Plate  Fund.   For each registration
22    renewal period, a $2 fee,  in  addition  to  the  appropriate
23    registration  fee,  shall  be  charged and shall be deposited
24    into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
25    (Source: P.A. 89-639, eff. 1-1-97; 90-14, eff. 7-1-97.)

26        (625 ILCS 5/3-639)
27        Sec. 3-639.  Special registration plate for  a  president
28    of a village or incorporated town or mayor.
29        (a)  The  Secretary,  upon receipt of all applicable fees
30    and  applications  made  in  the  form  prescribed   by   the
31    Secretary,   may   issue   special   registration  plates  to
32    presidents of villages and incorporated towns and mayors.
33        The special plates issued under  this  Section  shall  be
 
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 1    affixed  only  to passenger vehicles of the first division or
 2    motor vehicles of the second division weighing not more  than
 3    8,000 pounds.
 4        Plates  issued  under this Section shall expire according
 5    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
 6    this Code.
 7        (b)  The design and color of the special plates shall  be
 8    wholly  within  the discretion of the Secretary.  Appropriate
 9    documentation,  as  determined  by   the   Secretary,   shall
10    accompany  each  application. If the Secretary issues special
11    registration plates under this Section, the Secretary  shall,
12    upon  request,  issue  the plates as vanity license plates or
13    personalized  license  plates  in  accordance  with   Section
14    3-405.1 of this Code.
15        (c)  An  applicant for the special plate shall be charged
16    a  $15  fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition   to   the
17    appropriate  registration  fee.  This additional fee shall be
18    deposited into the Secretary of State Special  License  Plate
19    Fund,  to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray the
20    administrative processing costs.
21        For each  registration  renewal  period,  a  $2  fee,  in
22    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
23    charged.   This  additional  fee  shall be deposited into the
24    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
25    (Source: P.A. 90-527, eff. 11-13-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)

26        (625 ILCS 5/3-640)
27        Sec.  3-640.  Illinois and Michigan Canal plates.
28        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of all  applicable  fees
29    and   applications   made  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the
30    Secretary, may issue special registration  plates  designated
31    as Illinois and Michigan Canal license plates.
32        The  special  plates  issued  under this Section shall be
33    affixed only to passenger vehicles of the first  division  or
 
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 1    motor  vehicles of the second division weighing not more than
 2    8,000 pounds.
 3        Plates issued under this Section shall  expire  according
 4    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
 5    this Code.
 6        (b)  The  design and color of the special plates shall be
 7    wholly within the discretion of the  Secretary.   Appropriate
 8    documentation,   as   determined   by  the  Secretary,  shall
 9    accompany each application. If the Secretary  issues  special
10    registration  plates under this Section, the Secretary shall,
11    upon request, issue the plates as vanity  license  plates  or
12    personalized   license  plates  in  accordance  with  Section
13    3-405.1 of this Code.
14        (c)  An applicant for the special plate shall be  charged
15    a   $40   fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition  to  the
16    appropriate registration fee.  Of  this  fee,  $25  shall  be
17    deposited  into  the Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund and $15
18    shall be  deposited  into  the  Secretary  of  State  Special
19    License  Plate  Fund,  to  be  used  by the Secretary to help
20    defray the administrative processing costs.
21        For each registration  renewal  period,  a  $27  fee,  in
22    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
23    charged.   Of  this  fee,  $25  shall  be  deposited into the
24    Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund and $2  shall  be  deposited
25    into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
26        (d)  The Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund is created as a
27    special  fund  in  the  State  treasury.   All  money  in the
28    Illinois and Michigan Canal Fund shall be  used,  subject  to
29    appropriation  by  the General Assembly, by the Department of
30    Natural Resources for restoration  and  improvements  of  the
31    Illinois and Michigan Canal and its adjacent structures.
32    (Source: P.A. 90-527, eff. 11-13-97.)

33        (625 ILCS 5/3-641)
 
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 1        Sec.   3-641.  Deceased  police  officer  or  firefighter
 2    plates.
 3        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of all  applicable  fees
 4    and   applications   made  in  the  form  prescribed  by  the
 5    Secretary, may  issue  special  registration  plates  to  the
 6    surviving  spouse  or,  if no spouse exists, the parents of a
 7    police officer or firefighter who has died  in  the  line  of
 8    duty  in  this  State.  The special plates issued pursuant to
 9    this Section shall be affixed only to passenger  vehicles  of
10    the  first  division or motor vehicles of the second division
11    weighing not more than 8,000 pounds.
12        Plates issued under this Section shall  expire  according
13    to the multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of
14    this Code.
15        (b)  The  design and color of the special plates shall be
16    wholly within the discretion of  the  Secretary.  Appropriate
17    documentation,   as   determined   by  the  Secretary,  shall
18    accompany each application. If the Secretary  issues  special
19    registration  plates under this Section, the Secretary shall,
20    upon request, issue the plates as vanity  license  plates  or
21    personalized   license  plates  in  accordance  with  Section
22    3-405.1 of this Code.
23        (c)  An applicant for the special plate shall be  charged
24    a   $15   fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition  to  the
25    appropriate registration fee.  This additional fee  shall  be
26    deposited  into  the Secretary of State Special License Plate
27    Fund, to  be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray  the
28    administrative processing costs.
29        For  each  registration  renewal  period,  a  $2  fee, in
30    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
31    charged.  This additional fee shall  be  deposited  into  the
32    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
33    (Source: P.A. 90-530, eff. 1-1-98; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
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 1        (625 ILCS 5/3-642)
 2        Sec. 3-642.  Silver Star plates.
 3        (a)  The  Secretary,  upon receipt of all applicable fees
 4    and  applications  made  in  the  form  prescribed   by   the
 5    Secretary, may issue special registration plates to residents
 6    of  Illinois  who  have  been  awarded the Silver Star by the
 7    United States Armed Forces. The special  plate  issued  under
 8    this  Section  shall be affixed only to passenger vehicles of
 9    the first division or motor vehicles of the  second  division
10    weighing not more than 8,000 pounds. Plates issued under this
11    Section  shall  expire  according to the staggered multi-year
12    procedure established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
13        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
14    wholly  within  the  discretion  of  the  Secretary.  If  the
15    Secretary  issues  special  registration  plates  under  this
16    Section, the Secretary shall, upon request, issue the  plates
17    as  vanity  license  plates or personalized license plates in
18    accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The  Secretary
19    may,  in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued
20    as vanity plates or personalized in accordance  with  Section
21    3-405.1  of  this  Code.   The  plates  are  not  required to
22    designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection  (b)
23    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
24    the  eligibility  requirements and, in his or her discretion,
25    shall approve and prescribe stickers or  decals  as  provided
26    under Section 3-412.
27        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
28    issuance in addition to the appropriate registration fee.
29        This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary
30    of  State  Special License Plate Fund.  For each registration
31    renewal period, a $2 fee,  in  addition  to  the  appropriate
32    registration  fee,  shall  be  charged and deposited into the
33    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
34    (Source: P.A. 90-533, eff. 11-14-97; 90-655, eff. 7-30-98.)
 
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 1        (625 ILCS 5/3-643)
 2        Sec. 3-643.  Mammogram license plates.
 3        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of an  application  made
 4    in  the  form  prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special
 5    registration plates designated as Mammogram  license  plates.
 6    The special plates issued under this Section shall be affixed
 7    only  to  passenger  vehicles of the first division and motor
 8    vehicles of the second division weighing not more than  8,000
 9    pounds.   Plates  issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire
10    according  to the multi-year procedure established by Section
11    3-414.1 of this Code.
12        (b)  The design and color of the plates is wholly  within
13    the  discretion  of  the Secretary, except that the following
14    phrases shall be on the plates: (i) "Mammograms  Save  Lives"
15    and  (ii)  "The  Susan G. Komen Foundation". If the Secretary
16    issues special registration plates under  this  Section,  the
17    Secretary  shall,  upon  request,  issue the plates as vanity
18    license plates or personalized license plates  in  accordance
19    with  Section  3-405.1  of this Code. The Secretary may allow
20    the plates to be issued  as  vanity  plates  or  personalized
21    under  Section  3-405.1  of  the  Code.   The Secretary shall
22    prescribe stickers or decals as provided under Section  3-412
23    of this Code.
24        (c)  An  applicant for the special plate shall be charged
25    a  $25  fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition   to   the
26    appropriate  registration  fee.   Of  this  fee, $10 shall be
27    deposited into the Mammogram Fund and $15 shall be  deposited
28    into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund, to be
29    used  by  the  Secretary  to  help  defray the administrative
30    processing costs.
31        For each registration  renewal  period,  a  $25  fee,  in
32    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
33    charged.   Of  this  fee,  $23  shall  be  deposited into the
34    Mammogram Fund and $2 shall be deposited into  the  Secretary
 
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 1    of State Special License Plate Fund.
 2        (d)  The  Mammogram  Fund is created as a special fund in
 3    the State treasury.  All money in the Mammogram Fund shall be
 4    paid, subject to appropriation by the  General  Assembly  and
 5    approval  by  the  Secretary, as grants to the Susan G. Komen
 6    Foundation for breast cancer research, education,  screening,
 7    and treatment.
 8    (Source: P.A. 90-675, eff. 1-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

 9        (625 ILCS 5/3-644)
10        Sec. 3-644.  Police Memorial Committee license plates.
11        (a)  The  Secretary,  upon receipt of an application made
12    in the form prescribed by the Secretary,  may  issue  special
13    registration  plates  designated as Police Memorial Committee
14    license plates.  The special plates issued under this Section
15    shall be affixed only to  passenger  vehicles  of  the  first
16    division  and  motor vehicles of the second division weighing
17    not more than 8,000 pounds.  Plates issued under this Section
18    shall  expire   according   to   the   multi-year   procedure
19    established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
20        (b)  The  design and color of the plates is wholly within
21    the discretion of the  Secretary.  If  the  Secretary  issues
22    special registration plates under this Section, the Secretary
23    shall,  upon  request,  issue  the  plates  as vanity license
24    plates or personalized  license  plates  in  accordance  with
25    Section  3-405.1  of  this  Code. The Secretary may allow the
26    plates to be issued as vanity plates  or  personalized  under
27    Section  3-405.1  of the Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
28    stickers or decals as provided under Section  3-412  of  this
29    Code.
30        (c)  An  applicant for the special plate shall be charged
31    a  $25  fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition   to   the
32    appropriate  registration  fee.   Of  this  fee, $10 shall be
33    deposited into the Police Memorial  Committee  Fund  and  $15
 
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 1    shall  be  deposited  into  the  Secretary  of  State Special
 2    License Plate Fund, to be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help
 3    defray the administrative processing costs.
 4        For  each  registration  renewal  period,  a  $25 fee, in
 5    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
 6    charged.  Of this fee, $23 shall be deposited into the Police
 7    Memorial Committee Fund and $2 shall be  deposited  into  the
 8    Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
 9        (d)  The  Police  Memorial Committee Fund is created as a
10    special fund in the State treasury.  All money in the  Police
11    Memorial   Committee   Fund   shall   be   paid,  subject  to
12    appropriation by the General Assembly  and  approval  by  the
13    Secretary,  as  grants  to  the Police Memorial Committee for
14    maintaining a memorial statue,  holding  an  annual  memorial
15    commemoration,  and giving scholarships to children of police
16    officers killed in the line of duty.
17    (Source: P.A. 90-729, eff. 1-1-99; 91-357, eff. 7-29-99.)

18        (625 ILCS 5/3-645)
19        Sec. 3-645.  Vietnam Veteran License Plates.
20        (a)  In addition to any other special license plate,  the
21    Secretary,   upon   receipt   of   all  applicable  fees  and
22    applications made in the form prescribed by the Secretary  of
23    State,  may issue Vietnam Veteran license plates to residents
24    of Illinois who meet eligibility requirements  prescribed  by
25    the  Secretary  of  State.  The special Vietnam Veteran plate
26    issued under this Section shall be affixed only to  passenger
27    vehicles  of  the  first  division  and motor vehicles of the
28    second division weighing not more than 8,000  pounds.  Plates
29    issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire  according to the
30    staggered multi-year procedure established by Section 3-414.1
31    of this Code.
32        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
33    wholly within the discretion of the Secretary  of  State.  If
 
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 1    the  Secretary  issues special registration plates under this
 2    Section, the Secretary shall, upon request, issue the  plates
 3    as  vanity  license  plates or personalized license plates in
 4    accordance with Section 3-405.1 of this Code.  The  Secretary
 5    may,  in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be issued
 6    as vanity plates or personalized in accordance  with  Section
 7    3-405.1  of  this  Code.   The  plates  are  not  required to
 8    designate "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection  (b)
 9    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
10    the  eligibility  requirements and, in his or her discretion,
11    shall approve and prescribe stickers or  decals  as  provided
12    under Section 3-412.
13        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
14    issuance  in  addition  to  the  applicable registration fee.
15    This additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary  of
16    State  Special  License  Plate  Fund.  For  each registration
17    renewal period, a $2 fee,  in  addition  to  the  appropriate
18    registration  fee,  shall  be  charged and shall be deposited
19    into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
20    (Source: P.A. 91-805, eff. 1-1-01.)

21        (625 ILCS 5/3-646)
22        Sec. 3-646.  Organ Donor Awareness license plates.
23        (a)  The Secretary, upon receipt of an  application  made
24    in  the  form  prescribed by the Secretary, may issue special
25    registration  plates  designated  as  Organ  Donor  Awareness
26    license plates.  The special plates issued under this Section
27    shall be affixed only to  passenger  vehicles  of  the  first
28    division  and  motor vehicles of the second division weighing
29    not more than 8,000 pounds.  Plates issued under this Section
30    shall  expire   according   to   the   multi-year   procedure
31    established by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
32        (b)  The  design and color of the plates is wholly within
33    the discretion of the Secretary, except that the  phrase  "Be
 
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 1    An Organ Donor" shall be on the plates, and the design of the
 2    plates  shall  incorporate  a  reference to the Chicago Bears
 3    organization and  Walter  Payton.  If  the  Secretary  issues
 4    special registration plates under this Section, the Secretary
 5    shall,  upon  request,  issue  the  plates  as vanity license
 6    plates or personalized  license  plates  in  accordance  with
 7    Section  3-405.1  of  this  Code. The Secretary may allow the
 8    plates to be issued as vanity plates  or  personalized  under
 9    Section  3-405.1  of the Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
10    stickers or decals as provided under Section  3-412  of  this
11    Code.
12        (c)  An  applicant for the special plate shall be charged
13    a  $25  fee  for  original  issuance  in  addition   to   the
14    appropriate  registration  fee.   Of this additional fee, $10
15    shall be deposited into the Organ Donor  Awareness  Fund  and
16    $15  shall  be  deposited into the Secretary of State Special
17    License Plate Fund, to be  used  by  the  Secretary  to  help
18    defray the administrative processing costs.
19        For  each  registration  renewal  period,  a  $25 fee, in
20    addition  to  the  appropriate  registration  fee,  shall  be
21    charged.  Of this additional fee, $23 shall be deposited into
22    the Organ Donor Awareness Fund and $2 shall be deposited into
23    the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
24        (d)  The Organ Donor  Awareness  Fund  is  created  as  a
25    special fund in the State treasury.  Subject to appropriation
26    by the General Assembly and approval by the Secretary, 50% of
27    the moneys in the Organ Donor Awareness Fund shall be paid as
28    grants  to  the  Regional  Organ  Bank  of  Illinois, and the
29    remaining 50% of the moneys in that fund  shall  be  paid  as
30    grants to Mid-America Transplant Services.
31    (Source: P.A. 91-805, eff. 1-1-01.)

32        (625 ILCS 5/3-647)
33        Sec. 3-647.  World War II Veteran License Plates.
 
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 1        (a)  In  addition to any other special license plate, the
 2    Secretary,  upon  receipt  of   all   applicable   fees   and
 3    applications  made in the form prescribed by the Secretary of
 4    State, may issue World  War  II  Veteran  license  plates  to
 5    residents  of  Illinois  who  meet  eligibility  requirements
 6    prescribed  by the Secretary of State.  The special World War
 7    II Veteran plate issued under this Section shall  be  affixed
 8    only  to  passenger  vehicles of the first division and motor
 9    vehicles of the second division weighing not more than  8,000
10    pounds.   Plates  issued  under  this  Section  shall  expire
11    according to the staggered multi-year  procedure  established
12    by Section 3-414.1 of this Code.
13        (b)  The design, color, and format of the plates shall be
14    wholly  within  the  discretion of the Secretary of State. If
15    the Secretary issues special registration plates  under  this
16    Section,  the Secretary shall, upon request, issue the plates
17    as vanity license plates or personalized  license  plates  in
18    accordance  with  Section 3-405.1 of this Code. The Secretary
19    may, in his or her discretion, allow the plates to be  issued
20    as  vanity  plates or personalized in accordance with Section
21    3-405.1 of  this  Code.   The  plates  are  not  required  to
22    designate  "Land Of Lincoln", as prescribed in subsection (b)
23    of Section 3-412 of this Code.  The Secretary shall prescribe
24    the eligibility requirements and, in his or  her  discretion,
25    shall  approve  and  prescribe stickers or decals as provided
26    under Section 3-412.
27        (c)  An applicant shall be charged a $15 fee for original
28    issuance in addition  to  the  applicable  registration  fee.
29    This  additional fee shall be deposited into the Secretary of
30    State Special  License  Plate  Fund.  For  each  registration
31    renewal  period,  a  $2  fee,  in addition to the appropriate
32    registration fee, shall be charged  and  shall  be  deposited
33    into the Secretary of State Special License Plate Fund.
34    (Source: P.A. 91-805, eff. 1-1-01.)"; and
 
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 1    on page 1, by replacing lines 28 and 29 with the following:
 2    "plates.  If the Secretary issues special registration plates
 3    under this Section, the Secretary shall, upon request,  issue
 4    the  plates  as vanity license plates or personalized license
 5    plates in".

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